What did the term “liturgy” originally mean, and what does it mean in the context of the Church?  What did this term mean in the New Testament and  (Paragraphs 1069, 1070, 1071)

"liturgy" originally meant a "public work" or a "service in the name of/on behalf of the people." Through the liturgy Christ, our redeemer and high priest, continues the work of our redemption in, with, and through his Church.

In the New Testament the word "liturgy" also refers to the proclamation of the Gospel and to active charity.

Please list the seven sacraments. (paragraph 1113)

Baptism, Confirmation or Chrismation, Eucharist, Penance, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony

Is there a difference between the sacramental priesthood and the baptismal priesthood that all baptized Catholics share in when they enter the church.  Please elaborate. (paragraph 1120)

Can the sacraments such as Baptism ever be repeated for a member of the Church?  Please elaborate on why they can or can not be repeated. (paragraph 1121)

The three sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Orders can never be repeated.

This configuration to Christ and to the Church, brought about by the Spirit, is indelible;40 it remains for ever in the Christian as a positive disposition for grace, a promise and guarantee of divine protection, and as a vocation to divine worship and to the service of the Church.

How are the sacraments efficacious?  Please elaborate. (paragraph 1127)

Can the personal sinfulness of a minister negate the grace that God offers the faithful through the sacraments.  Please elaborate. (paragraph 1128)

Can a sacrament ever be celebrated privately?  Please elaborate. (paragraph 1140)

It is the whole community, the Body of Christ united with its Head, that celebrates. 

For this reason, "rites which are meant to be celebrated in common, with the faithful present and actively participating, should as far as possible be celebrated in that way rather than by an individual and quasi-privately."

Please describe some particular ministries that are present at the celebration at the Eucharistic liturgy. (paragraph 1143)

Please describe what signs should be present during the liturgy of the Word. (paragraph 1154)

1. the book of the Word (a lectionary or a book of the Gospels)

2. its veneration (procession, incense, candles)

3. the place of its proclamation (lectern or ambo)

4. its audible and intelligible reading, the minister's homily which extends its proclamation, and the responses of the assembly (acclamations, meditation psalms, litanies, and profession of faith).

Please describe the following elements present in the church: altar, tabernacle, chair, blessed oils (what types of oil are present), lectern, baptistry. (Paragraphs 1182 – 1186)

Please describe the following element present in the church: altar (Paragraphs 1182)

Please describe the following element present in the church: tabernacle (Paragraphs 1183a)

Please describe the following elements present in the church: blessed oils (what types of oil are present) (Paragraphs 1183b)

Please describe the following elements present in the church: lectern (Paragraphs 1184b)

The term baptism comes from which Greek word?  What does it mean?  How is it related to the theological symbol of baptism. (Paragraphs 1214, 1215)

to baptize (Greek baptizein) means to "plunge" or "immerse"

This sacrament is also called "the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit," for it signifies and actually brings about the birth of water and the Spirit without which no one "can enter the kingdom of God."

What are the various elements of the baptisimal rite? (Paragraph 1229)

What does the term epiclesis mean?  How is it related to the baptisimal rite? (Paragraph 1238)

The anointing with sacred chrism, perfumed oil consecrated by the bishop, signifies the gift of the Holy Spirit to the newly baptized, who has become a Christian, that is, one "anointed" by the Holy Spirit, incorporated into Christ who is anointed priest, prophet, and king.

Who can receive baptism?  Can a baptism be performed several times on the same person? (Paragraph 1246, 1272)

"Every person not yet baptized and only such a person is able to be baptized."

Given once for all, Baptism cannot be repeated.

Since baptism presupposes a personal acceptance of the gift of God’s grace, why would we baptize infants? (Paragraph 1250)

Who are the ordinary ministers of baptism?  Under an emergency situation, can anyone baptize?  Please explain. (Paragraph 1256)

Baptism is necessary for salvation for those to whom the Gospel has been proclaimed and who have had the possibility of asking for this sacrament.

What sacraments are known as the sacraments of initiation? (Paragraph 1285)

oil is a sign of abundance and joy; it cleanses (anointing before and after a bath) and limbers (the anointing of athletes and wrestlers); oil is a sign of healing, since it is soothing to bruises and wounds; and it makes radiant with beauty, health, and strength.

the confirmand receives the "mark," the seal of the Holy Spirit. A seal is a symbol of a person, a sign of personal authority, or ownership of an object

What are the essential elements of the sacrament of Confirmation? (Paragraphs 1300, 1301)

Latin rite: anointing with chrism on the forehead, which is done by the laying on of the hand, and through the words: 'Accipe signaculum doni Spiritus Sancti' [Be sealed with the Gift of the Holy Spirit.]."
Eastern Churches of Byzantine rite: after a prayer of epiclesis, the more significant parts of the body are anointed with myron: forehead, eyes, nose, ears, lips, chest, back, hands, and feet. Each anointing is accompanied by the formula (Signaculum doni Spiritus Sancti)

Both: The sign of peace concludes the rite.

1. it roots us more deeply in the divine filiation which makes us cry, "Abba! Father!";

2. it unites us more firmly to Christ;

3. it increases the gifts of the Holy Spirit in us;

4. it renders our bond with the Church more perfect;118

5. it gives us a special strength of the Holy Spirit to spread and defend the faith by word and action as true witnesses of Christ, to confess the name of Christ boldly, and never to be ashamed of the Cross:

1. sacrament of conversion
2. sacrament of Penance
3. sacrament of confession
4. sacrament of forgiveness
5. sacrament of Reconciliation

The interior penance of the Christian can be expressed in many and various ways. Scripture and the Fathers insist above all on three forms, fasting, prayer, and almsgiving, which express conversion in relation to oneself, to God, and to others.

During the first centuries the reconciliation of Christians who had committed particularly grave sins after their Baptism (for example, idolatry, murder, or adultery) was tied to a very rigorous discipline, according to which penitents had to do public penance for their sins, often for years, before receiving reconciliation. To this "order of penitents" (which concerned only certain grave sins), one was only rarely admitted and in certain regions only once in a lifetime. During the seventh century Irish missionaries, inspired by the Eastern monastic tradition, took to continental Europe the "private" practice of penance, which does not require public and prolonged completion of penitential works before reconciliation with the Church. From that time on, the sacrament has been performed in secret between penitent and priest. This new practice envisioned the possibility of repetition and so opened the way to a regular frequenting of this sacrament. It allowed the forgiveness of grave sins and venial sins to be integrated into one sacramental celebration. In its main lines this is the form of penance that the Church has practiced down to our day.

When it arises from a love by which God is loved above all else, contrition is called "perfect" (contrition of charity). Such contrition remits venial sins; it also obtains forgiveness of mortal sins if it includes the firm resolution to have recourse to sacramental confession as soon as possible.

Attrition is born of the consideration of sin's ugliness or the fear of eternal damnation and the other penalties threatening the sinner (contrition of fear). Such a stirring of conscience can initiate an interior process which, under the prompting of grace, will be brought to completion by sacramental absolution. By itself however, imperfect contrition cannot obtain the forgiveness of grave sins, but it disposes one to obtain forgiveness in the sacrament of Penance.

What is an indulgence?  What is the difference between a partial indulgence and a plenary indulgence? (Paragraphs 1471)

"An indulgence is a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, which the faithful Christian who is duly disposed gains under certain prescribed conditions through the action of the Church which, as the minister of redemption, dispenses and applies with authority the treasury of the satisfactions of Christ and the saints." "An indulgence is partial or plenary according as it removes either part or all of the temporal punishment due to sin." The faithful can gain indulgences for themselves or apply them to the dead.

Yes.

(If a sick person who received this anointing recovers his health, he can in the case of another grave illness receive this sacrament again. If during the same illness the person's condition becomes more serious, the sacrament may be repeated. It is fitting to receive the Anointing of the Sick just prior to a serious operation. The same holds for the elderly whose frailty becomes more pronounced.)

liturgical and communal

The Liturgy of the Word, preceded by an act of repentance, opens the celebration

Fitting to celebrate within Eucharist

1. A particular gift of the Holy Spirit.
2. Union with the passion of Christ.
3. An ecclesial grace.
4. A preparation for the final journey

1.The imposition of hands and through the words of the consecration, the grace of the Holy Spirit is given, and a sacred character is impressed in such wise that bishops

2.In our day, the lawful ordination of a bishop requires a special intervention of the Bishop of Rome

3.he essential rite of the sacrament of Holy Orders for all three degrees consists in the bishop's imposition of hands on the head of the ordinand and in the bishop's specific consecratory prayer .

4ministry fruitful; giving the book of the Gospels, the ring, the miter, and the crosier to the bishop as the sign of his apostolic mission to proclaim the Word of God